| FILTHYRICH | Looking up poem suitable for singing, it's hard to accept 50% of that is loaded (6,4) |
| SINCLAIR | Sir Clive, at first in trouble, accepts 50% of Sugar's backing (8) |
| MALDIVES | Countrymen accept 50% share (8) |
| MADRIGAL | Name a lyric poem suitable for musical setting (8) |
| NONSTOP | Endless garbage? Take 50% of that to power (7) |
| TRIATHLON | Rehearsal on holding 50% of that event (9) |
| BITTERPILL | It's hard to accept Spooner's bread account (6,4) |
| EPSOMSALTS | Made up poems for sailors for medicinal purposes (5,5) |
| SWEETIEPIE | Pudding - double helping of that is without soft honey |
| FULLNELSON | "The hold is loaded to capacity, Admiral" (4,6) |
| EMAILBLAST | Series of remarks like "Your message is loaded with typos!"? |
| ICANT | It's hard to accept that my pants keep getting caught on the stile? (1,4,3,4,2) |
| GETOVERIT | It's hard to accept that my pants keep getting caught on the stile? (1,4,3,4,2) |
| DIVERSIFY | I'd go over to make up poem, which would provide variety (9) |
| CANTABILE | Musical performance direction indicating a smooth, flowing style; Italian, 'suitable for singing' (9) |
| ABITTERPILLTOSWALLOW | Unusually, top artist will be given permit that's hard to accept |
| COMETOTERMSWITH | ...to make points with intelligence? Hard to accept (4,2,5,4) |
| HAGRID | Extremely hard to accept reduced farming for Robbie Coltrane's gamekeeper (6) |
| IDES | ... 80% of that is due to 19 13 or 15 (4) |
| MINCEMEAT | Alternative Of Mice and Men - half of that is filling (9) |
